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Duke Energy - Belews Creek


Duke Energy - Belews Creek
Pine Hall Rd.
Walnut Cove, NC 27052
Stokes County


Air Pollution Control Devices

Duke Energy will install flue gas desulfurization devices (scrubbers) for controlling SO2 by 2013.
(status as of June 2004)
SO2:  
NOx: Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) installed on both units - 2004 and low-NOx burners on both units.
Sources: Title V air permit, govt. agencies, industry, and/or media reports
Units -Year of operation (power)
Unit 1 - 1974 (1,120 Mw)
Unit 2 - 1975 (1,120 Mw)

- source: DOE


Mar. 25, 2003: BREDL comments on the draft Title V permit for Duke Energy's Belews Creek coal-fired power plant in Stokes County, NC. (in .pdf)

Average NOx Rate (lb/mmBtu)

- source: EPA data

Year

Unit 1

Unit 2
2006 0.32 0.29
2005 0.31 0.27
2004 0.41 0.38
2003 0.51 0.61
2002 0.52 0.63
2001 0.46 0.57
2000 0.60 0.55
1999 1.18 0.71
1998 1.16 1.31
1997 1.24 1.34
1996 1.24 1.24
1995 1.30 1.31



Nitrous Oxide, Sulfur Dioxide, and Carbon Dioxide emissions

tons per year - source: EPA data

Year

NOx

SO2

CO2
2006 21,180 95,290 14,034,729
2005 20,419 96,813 14,219,393
2004 27,587 88,303 13,829,000
2003 26,824 58,646 9,222,537
2002 44,882 103,085 15,700,908
2001 34,203 83,077 13,148,649
2000 34,555 73,329 11,727,317
1999 68,252 83,850 14,444,190
1998 95,239 90,871 15,599,278
1997 105,691 93,070 16,482,258
1996 84,420 78,241 13,617,317
1995 80,774 70,577 12,350,708



Toxic Releases (in pounds) - source: EPA TRI


Dioxin Releases (in grams) - source: EPA TRI



For information, including health impacts, on chemicals listed, please check out these resources:

U.S. Library of Medicine: TOXNET - http://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/

Agency For Toxic Substances And Disease Registry: Toxicological Profiles - http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/toxprofiles/




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updated August 2007